See the ISS from Maputo, Mozambique

The International Space Station is visible from Maputo once in the next 10 days. It’s on Thu 12 Nov at 03:58 (faint, 11° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Thu 12 Nov
03:57–03:59
Faint
mag -0.7
Appears NE, 10° up
Highest 11° up in the NE
Disappears ENE, 10° up

Times are local to Maputo (Africa/Maputo). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Maputo: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.

How to spot it

Be outside a few minutes early, facing where it appears. The ISS looks like a bright, steady star moving across the sky. It doesn’t blink, and it crosses in a few minutes. It often vanishes before reaching the horizon as it passes into Earth’s shadow.

Other cities in Mozambique

Updated 3 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.4 days old. The station sometimes fires its engines to raise its orbit, which shifts times by a few seconds or more, so check again on the day. How these predictions are made.